treason
Act of betrayal, in particular against the sovereign or the state to which the offender owes allegiance.
In the USA, treason is defined in the constitution as the crime of ‘levying war against [the USA], or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort’. Congress has the power to declare the punishment for treason.
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